If you had told Amity Blight that, a few weeks later, she'll be head over heels for a mere human, she'll laugh at you and say that your an imbecile for believing that. But current Amity believes that she's the one that's the imbecile.

She doesn't know how to describe it, this weird feeling she gets whenever she's around Luz, but she'll try and explain it.

It feels weird, nothing like what she had experienced before, but that's probably because she had never gotten a crush on anyone alive before... Actually, that's totally the reason why she never felt this kind of feeling around someone else before.

Apart from her inexperience with real, alive, crushes, one of the weird feelings she would get was that her heart and bile sac keeps on fluttering and thumping every time she's near the human. It's an odd, slightly uncomfortable, sensation, but it's bearable.

(If that's the side effect she gets to hang out with Luz, then she'll gladly take it. With confidence and panic, mind you.)

Of course, it would get overwhelming sometimes. She herself knows that she's being too obvious at times, it's often embarrassing now that she thinks back on it. However, most of the time, she believes she's good at hiding it. (...Hopefully.)

But that belief slightly wavered when Willow, her childhood friend who would know everything about her when she was younger, started to give her some knowing looks. That confuses Amity.

As a Blight, they can never be predictable. They're unpredictable, so that their enemies wouldn't know what they're going to do next. A Blight must always be two steps ahead of everyone else, making logical and calculated decisions on the way.

But then, Amity realised she unintentionally broke both of these rules the moment a certain situation happened. A situation that wasn't exactly serious, but still very nerve-racking and different from what she expected.


It was on a random day. And by "random day", she meant, random day, because it came so suddenly that Amity thought she had forwarded time. (Spoiler: she didn't.)

It was also one of those calm days where nothing was out to eat others, yet. Basically, it was one of those rare, peaceful days on Bonesborough.

It happened during recess, Amity had started sitting with her new friends since maybe a week ago, she's not sure, time flew by fast whenever she's around them. (A Blight is always certain of their decisions. But recently, she's been going against some of her family rules.)

After she placed her tray of food onto the table, a voice that she never expect to be directed towards her, called her.

"Hey Amity, can I talk to you?" Willow asked, an unreadable expression on her face. That made Amity nervous. What's going on?

"Oh, um, sure?" It came out more of a question than an answer, but could you blame her? Their relationship had only begun to repair itself a few weeks ago, and even after the whole "almost burnt Willow's mind on fire" incident, they've only been taking small, microscopic steps. Which Amity was grateful for, baby steps are steps after all.

"What do you two want to talk about?" Luz, who sat besides Amity, asked out of curiousity.

"This is more of a... private thing. Sorry Luz," Willow responded, while taking an unreadable glance towards Amity. Not a good sign.

Luz seemed confuse for a second before shaking her head, "No, no, it's fine. I shouldn't be so intrusive anyway."

"You weren't intrusive," Amity quickly responded, realising what she said the moment it came out. "I—I mean, you're just being good f—friend, and friends c—care for each other! N—Nothing intrusive about being best pals! Hahaha..." This was one of the moments where Amity realise that she's being too obvious the next day, when she rethinks about her previous day's exchange with Luz and wondering if she said anything weird to the human.

Luz looked like she didn't know how to respond, Willow raised an eyebrow, and Gus was just watching everything while being oblivious to the internal panic that's within Amity Blight.

After a long silence (okay, maybe it was for a minute at best, but it felt like an hour), Luz finally responded, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Yup," Amity nodded her head a little to hastily than needed.

"...Anyway, Amity, can you follow me for a second?" Amity felt the panic and nerves within herself grew even larger.

"Alright," she replied in a quiet, nervous, voice. A Blight must never stutter, they talk in a confident and powerful way, being sure of what they're saying like it was old wisdom. But ever since she met Luz, that rule has been crossed out as well, along with the other rules she unintentionally broke.

Willow began walking away, leading Amity to somewhere private. Amity nervously following closely behind. Suddenly, Willow stopped to look at Luz and Gus, who were staring at the other two with curious looks.

"You're planning to follow us," Willow deadpanned. "Please, don't."

"What ever makes you think that we would ever have the thought to follow you in order to conveniently "overhear" your mysterious conversation?" Luz responded.

"...I can't tell Gus to keep you away from us, because he'll want to do the same thing that you're going to do," Gus innocently nodded. Willow thought for a moment, "Well then, I'll just have to trust you when you say you wouldn't follow us."

"You can count on us, Miss Park!" Gus playfully saluted. Luz followed as well.

Amity almost chuckled, almost being the keyword. Unfortunately for her, she was too much of a nervous wreck to spare some energy on chuckling.

After that whole exchange was done, Willow brought Amity to an empty hallway on one of the most secluded areas of Hexside. That fact alone made Amity even more nervous.

Did she do something wrong? Did she say something wrong? She didn't even remember the last time she ever had a genuine one-on-one conversation with Willow, so this was surprising and nerve-racking for her. Was the other girl planning on blackmailing her? But why? Wait, no, Willow's too nice to blackmail her. Then, what was going to happen?

"So, Amity, this may be a little inquisitive, but I have to confirm," Willow's face fell into a serious expression, "Do you have a crush on Luz?"

"...Huh," Amity was shocked. Too shocked. There she was, confident that she's got her feelings under control, then all of the sudden, she got questioned whether if she got a crush on her crush. What was even happening?

Her heart and bile sac were beating fast. "How did she know?" Amity wondered. "No wait, maybe I can lie... But what happens if I get caught? Willow can't think that I don't trust her! Because I do trust her!... I guess telling the truth is the best option, but be cool about it. Chill, like an ice spell. You got this, Amity."

"...M—Maybe?" Nailed it.

Willow gave a look that says "you're too obvious, seriously?"... Was it always so warm in here, or was it just Amity? Because she feels really warm right now, odd.

"Look, I know you, Amity," Willow softly said, her face becoming softer, "I know how you are, I noticed how you changed when you met Luz, it was too big for me to not notice."

Amity felt like burying herself into a hole and never come out of it again.

"I—It was?" her voice squeaked, her face flushed. The Amity Blight, squeaked. Her siblings would have a riot with this information, not that she'll ever tell them about any of this. She's not that irresponsible.

Willow nodded, "Yeah, it kinda is. But don't worry, you weren't really obvious... most of the time, anyway."

Amity groaned, hiding her face into her hands.

"Anyway, that isn't what I was going to ask you," Willow looked around to make sure no one else was there before finally turning to Amity, "Amity, what are you planning to do with Luz?"

"What do you mean by that?" Amity asked.

"I meant, are you going to confess any time soon, or are you never going to do it?"

"...I don't know, Willow," Amity felt oddly defeated, but she doesn't know why. (A Blight always get first place, they are never defeated... Wow, she feels really defeated right now.) "I... I'm not ready, not now, at least."

"Well, don't get me wrong, I think you two would be great for each other," Amity felt flustered, "But you have to remember that, Luz is a human."

"I know she's a human, but why does that matter?" Of course Amity knew what species her crush is. She didn't spend the first few nights lying in bed, thinking about the repercussions of her crush if her parents ever found out about it for nothing.

"I'm not saying that her being human is a problem, I'm saying that she's from the human realm. Meaning that she has a family in the human realm, she has another life apart from the Boiling Isles. She'll have to return back to the human world one day." Oh, so that was what Willow meant.

In truth, Amity did think about this. The fact that Luz needing to go back to the human realm, leaving the Boiling Isles, leaving her friends, leaving her. It was a painful reminder that: this was temporary, Luz was temporary. It hurts, her heart aches and her bile sac felt heavy, and that isn't because of having too much magic.

Amity looked at the ground, suddenly finding it far more interesting than her depressing thoughts. "I know, I really do... But I don't want it to happen..."

She figured that she was selfish for not wanting Luz to go back, but in her defense, she never met anyone like her before. For all her life, she was taught to "act like a Blight" and "be perfect", always surrounded by others who view her as a title and achievement to receive rather than an actual person. She grew up, accepting the fact that she was a Blight, being peer pressured to break off ties with her best friend at a really young age, forcing to befriend others that she knew are mean people even at a young age, needing to be perfect in everything, needing to be on top of everyone else, needing to hide her "weak" side because a Blight doesn't show weakness, needing to put on a fake facade that became a part of her personality over time, needing to obey the rules otherwise she'll get punished, all because she was born under the Blight family name.

She was forced to be and do all those things, and that's the only way she knew how to live. No one taught her that there was another way to life, no one cared enough to do so. Every day, she would feel regretful because of how she acts around others her age. She would feel isolated, alone, lonely, even in a crowded room. Ironic, isn't it?

But then Luz Noceda came into her life, that was when everything she knew changed for little Amity Blight. Admittedly, she herself had noticed that she became more nicer towards others, showing some others a softer side of herself, something she had never done since a long time ago. She noticed that she would laugh and smile more frequently, a previously foreign thing for her to do. She noticed the way she would immediately feel comfortable and safe whenever she was hanging out with Luz, despite the beating of her heart and bile sac. She felt less lonely, less constricted, more included, and more welcomed.

The human came into her world, pretending to be an Abomination, got her hard-earned Top Student badge stolen, got her humiliated in front of the Emperor's Coven, almost exposed her diary to the whole school to see, and strangely enough, Amity can't help but have a crush on her. No, crush is not the most suitable word for her feelings.

That was when she realised something, something that surprised and overwhelmed her. This wasn't just a mere crush, this was love. She loves Luz, as more than a friend, and probably more than she loves herself.

The epiphany struck her worse than the time Edric accidentally hit Amity with a small fire spell when they were kids. The pain from the fire spell was temporary, painful, but temporary, this was worse. It felt like the world just stopped.

Love... is a weird feeling. Amity knew of it, of course, but she doesn't know how to feel about it.

Her parents say they love her and her siblings, but in recent times, she doesn't believe that. It seem more of an excuse than a genuine feeling from them, a word to trigger some sort of feeling. In other words: manipulation.

And yeah, her siblings do love her, she knows that, but their love is the kind where teasing and pranking were the norm, and also where she doesn't often feel comfortable speaking about her problems with. It was more of a "I'm force to like this person because I grew up with them" way than anything. (If they were strangers, Amity would most likely never communicate with them in the first place. Ever.)

Her friends are more or less the same thing. Being force to like them, that is. It sort of varies though. Amity is fine with Skara, she's the only one Amity found that was actually nice, but the girl can be a bit wild at times. With Boscha, it's more conflicting and complicated. She doesn't know how to accurately describe her relationship with Boscha, but the only thing that she could say, was that: Boscha is a mean person. She likes showing off too much, and she would often feel no remorse when someone was upset at something she did, justifying and defending herself even if she was in the wrong. She's bad, the end.

(At least past Amity would have the decency to apologise.)

And then there's Luz. Luz is... for lack of a better word, different. A good different. She's the kind of love that makes Amity feel safe, like she wouldn't be judged for not being perfect, like she isn't expected to complete some grand achievement. It's nice. Luz is nice... And Amity doesn't want to let her go.

She tried to hide her emotions, but she knows that it wouldn't work, because Willow was right in front of her, giving her a sympathetic expression.

"Me too, Amity. She's one of my best friends after all," Willow let out a small smile, "But I'm willing to let her decide for herself whether she wants to leave or stay."

"But... I'm scared, Willow," Amity admitted. She felt her tears threatening to spill out. "Not now, go back in," she ordered herself. She closed her eyes tightly. "I don't want her to leave, but I don't want to force her to stay if she doesn't want to. And now, I'm just... I don't want to believe it, I want it to stay like this forever, but that's probably because I'm being selfish."

A moment of silence fell between the two. One was stunned about the whole new side of the person in front of her, the other in a sea of denial as well as fighting the waves of tears that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"...I don't know what to say," Willow responded with an awkward chuckle, "Honestly, I just wanted to warn you before you go any deeper into the hole of love."

"I think I'm already at the bottom," Admittedly, Amity was not really lying. But it would be nice to lighten up the atmosphere a little.

It worked. (Either it worked or it was a pity laugh, Amity likes to believe in the former.) Point is: Willow giggled.

"Yeah, it's kinda clear to see," Willow giggled.

"Is it really?" Amity groaned.

"I don't know, what do you think? Do you think you're being obvious?"

"I hope not."

"...No comment," Amity playfully and lightly smacked Willow's arm. "Haha, alright, alright! Anyway, back to the topic, what are you going to do about it?"

Amity knew what she would do. Luz is her own person after all, she shouldn't hold her back.

"I don't know what decision she would make in the future, but whatever she chooses, I'll be supportive of it. I won't force her to make a decision, as much as I don't want her to leave. But that's for the future, in the meantime, I'm just going to enjoy my time with her as much as I can."

Willow smiled, and Amity smiled back.


When they got back to the cafeteria, surprisingly having ten minutes left to spare, they found an amusing sight.

"...Seriously, guys?" Willow deadpanned.

Luz and Gus looked like they got caught stealing from the Emperor's Coven, it was funny. The whole sight was amusing. Confusing, but amusing.

"...We can explain?" Luz responded, her hand was inside, what appears to be, a blue transparent substance. What in the Titan is that?

Gus, who's head was stuck in another transparent substance, only, his was red coloured, said something that was inaudible to the others.

"So, uh, how did this happened?" Amity asked, gesturing to the whole mess. It looked like as if someone dropped a box of those transparent substances onto the table.

"I'm teaching Gus the wonders of jelly by having him make some illusions of it. Except, I forgot he doesn't know what they looked like, then we made some but his hands were accidentally trapped inside it, and now we can't make them disappear," Luz gestured to Gus, who somehow got both of his hands stuck inside the "jelly" whatever it was.

"Are these edible?" Willow asked, probing one of the jelly.

"Yup! Though, I don't know if these ones are, since they're illusions... Wait, can you eat illusions? Will that make you full? That should totally be a thing, do you know how handy it would be if you could have food twenty four seven? Really handy!" Luz was going off into another one of her enthusiastic magic ramble again.

Amity found it adorable, how could she not? But Luz's ramble was cut short due to Gus exclaiming words that were inaudible. Amity was certain that he was telling them to hurry up though.

Amity and Willow shared a glance, before nodding in agreement. They then approached Gus.

"One, two, three!" Willow and Amity huffed as they pulled Gus from the jelly. It took a few moments before they succeeded, kind of.

"Thanks for that," Gus then made his jelly illusions disappeared, "Wow, who knew that a human food can be so jiggly?"

Amity stared at the jelly with confusion and curiosity while Willow asked, "You can eat that?"

"Yup!" Luz said as she dusted off her hands, "Wait a minute, I can show you guys some human food! I think Eda has most of the ingredients, but even if she doesn't, we'll improvise. So, wanna hang out at the Owl House later?"

"I'll have to tell my dads that I won't be home for dinner, but I'm sure they'll let me go," Willow said.

"I think I'm allowed to," Gus pulled his scroll out, "But I'll ask now, just in case."

"How about you Amity?" Luz asked expectedly. How could one say no to that face?

A quick thought went by Amity's head. "A Blight does not befriend or have a relationship with others that don't benefit them." It was scary how quick that thought appeared, like a reminder that was set on her scroll. But like a useless reminder, she ignored it.

"Yeah, I'll be there."

(Amity was certain that she saw Willow giving her a "of course you would" expression. She just hopes that won't be a normal occurrence, and that she won't get teased multiple times a day for confirming the other girl's question.)

(...Spoiler: Willow can be as mischievous as the twins, but more subtle.)


Extra? I don't know, I just didn't know how to put this in.

(While walking back to the cafeteria.)

"You do know that I'm supportive, right?" Willow asked.

"Wouldn't think that you aren't," Amity responded.

"Okay, good, good," Willow slowly nodded her heard, processing the statement. "And you do know that I'll be trying to get you two together, as well as tease you about it, right?"

"...I regret," Amity groaned.

"I know, I know," Willow playfully pat the other girl's back.


Author's note: wow, this is currently the longest chapter in this fanfic. Good for me, I'm patting myself on the back. And fun fact, I'm starting to get writer's block for this fic, so hurray for that. Thanks for reading, you're great, good day/night.